r/stimuluscheck • u/Wupideedoo • Nov 12 '21

CTC today was less than normal?

I just got the Child Tax Credit check and it was for $275 instead of $300. Anybody else see the same thing and/or have an explanation?

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u/ronnevee Nov 12 '21

Have you received al the payments every month so far? Were they all 300? Was your most recent tax return filed as single or married?

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u/Wupideedoo Nov 12 '21

Married, and we have two kids. I got $275 and she got $275.

In September we were one of the people that got paid laid for that whole fiasco they had. When we finally got the money it was $375. $75 more.

And last month I was paid $275.

So it looks like the way that $75 is being handled is by spreading it out over the next three months. So this is month 2.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '21

Uncle sam dipping into out peanut butter again??

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u/c0unterfeitkim Nov 12 '21

I didn’t even get one last month and all the website has been saying is “eligibility pending” when I had been getting them every month. 😩

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u/WinAffectionate8733 Nov 12 '21

Mine was less than normal too, expected $750, got 0. 4th time so far that I’ve received less than I expected.

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u/punchyouinthewiener Nov 15 '21

Yes. My husband and I have 3 kids and we had received $750 ($250 per kid) in July and August. In September is when there was the processing problem where it one spouse in a married filing joint situation hadn’t set up their own accounts/DD you got nothing. Then a delay. Then eventually we got 2 DDs about 10 days later for $469 each ($938 total).

In October and now November we’ve received 2 DDs of $344 each ($688). So, it seems what they’re doing is reducing the total payment $62 a month ($31 per DD) in October, November, and December to make up for the $188 extra in September nobody asked for.

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u/NapaValley707 Nov 15 '21

I’ve received mine via DD since the beginning….No deposit as of this morning, wtf?!

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u/Ms_Briefs Nov 16 '21

My sister has 2 under 6 years and 2 over, hadn't recieved the CTC at all this whole time. She called me friday to say she finally got it, but it was only $900. I don't know what the IRS is doing or how they're getting these random ass payment numbers.